Species: Monolene megalepis, Spottedfin Flounder

Monolene megalepis Woods, 1961
Spottedfin Flounder
Body an elongate oval, tapering to tail; head and snout relatively blunt; snout < eye; eyes on left side; between eyes narrow, with crest that lacks spines; mouth short, ends under front part of eye; teeth ~equally developed on eye- and blind-sides; dorsal rays 88-94; pectoral rays not branched, fin short (~equal to head) with lower rays equal to or slightly longer than upper rays, 17-19 rays, no fin on blind side in adults; base of eye-side pelvic fin about equal to base of blind-side fin, situated on body midline, its origin a little behind that of blind-side fin; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye.
Dark body and fins; 2 large dark oval blotches at middle of tail fin.
Size: 10 cm.
Habitat: shell and mud bottoms.
Depth: 73-550 m.
The central and southern Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 73
- Depth Range Max
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- 550